Washing machine



Sept. 9. 1924. 1,507,589

I G. L. FERRIS WASHING MACHINE Filed May 8, 1922 4 Sheets-Sheet. l

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ATTORNEYS CID Patented Sept. 9, 1924.

UNITED STATES OF SAID FERRIS, DECEASED.

PATENT oi=i= 1c GEORGE LESLIE FERRIS, OF MCARTHUR, OHIO; O. E. VOLLENWEIDER ADMINISTRATOR,

WASHING MACHINE.

Application filed May 8,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LES-LIE FER- ms, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of McArthur, in the county of Vinton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing Machines, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to washing machines of the type of construction in which a cylinder containing the varticles to be cleaned v vlews s1m1lar to Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, showis rotatably mounted within a casing con taining'a cleaning fluid, and it consists in the combinatlons, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my inventionv is to provide a washmg machme having faclllties permitting of the articles to be washed being conveniently. placed within the cylinder or removed therefrom, without danger of injury to the person of the operator,

A further object of my invention is to provide a washing machine having simple and effective means operable at will to occasion the release of the driving mechanism of the washing machine from the cylinder or the operative engagement of the driving mechanism with the cylinder.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a washing machine having a casing adapted to be placed upon a heating device, such as a stove, to occasion the heating of a fluid within the casing to a desired degree, and which has means coo crating with the casing forholding a cy 'nderdisposed within the casing in a desired position while the articles to be washed are placed within or removed from the cylinder.

.A still further object of my invention is to provide in a washing machine of the character described, a novel cylinder and means for removably supporting the cylinder in a desired position within a fluid con-. taining casing.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description and the novel features of the invention will be' particularly outlined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. forming a part of this application, in which: I

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a practical embodiment of the invention,

1922. Serial no. 559,293.

F ig. 2 is an enlarged detail of afrag nentary portion of the end of theout'er casmg shown in Fig.- 1, I

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section through the embodiment of theinvention shown 1n Flg. 1, showingacylinder comprised therein in elevation,

Fig. 4 is a V transverse vertical section through the embodiment of the invention, shown in the preceding views, and p Figs. 5' to 8 inclusive, respectively are I ing another embodiment of the-same invent1on 1n whlch 1s comprised a novel means for connecting and disconnecting t-he'dr;iv+ ing mechanism of the device from the cyl lnder at W111.

In carrying out my invention, I provide an outer casing which has sideand end walls and a bottom, being open at its upper end. The casingl is made of alight metal, a I

orlike material, and is shown in'the drawings as being of rectangular form. The w casing 1 is closed at its upper end whenthe device is in operation by a removable cover 2 havinga depending marginal flange adapted to have a friction-tight fit with, a bead 4 formed along the upper edge of the casing. A handle 5 is superimposed upon the cover 2- intermediately of its length and adjacent to one side edge'thereof, and'this handle has a spring catch portion Gdepending below the, plane of the cover adjacent to the-edge thereof and being bent inward-v 1y at its extremity, as at 7 (see Fig, et)"to slots or sockets open at their'upper' ends,- such as indicated at 9, in which llllllllllOllS 1010 carried at the opposite ends 'ofaa cylinder 11 in axial alinement with each' other and with the'cylinder vmay bedisposed, the arrangement being such that the cylinder 11 is removably and rotatably sup -i ported within the casing 1..

The cylinder 11 consists of two coinple mentary segmental sections-12 and 13, the

section 13 being relativelysmallandbeing attached to the section 12 along one edge by hinges 14, whereby the section 13 serves as a cover or closure for the cylinder and may be swung from the full line position shown Fig. 4 to the dotted line position shown in the same figure. A hook 15 termed integrally with the section 13 or separately and secured thereto, is positioned on the outer periphery of the cylinder for engagement with one of the side walls of the casing at the upper edge of the latter when the cylinder is in theposition in which illustrated in Fig. 4 and=the cover section thereof has been swung into the dotted'line position. The cylinder will thus be held against rotationwhilethe cover sectionthereof is in raised position.

'Ihecylinder 11 is formed with series of alined openings 16 through its peripheral wall. A guard member 1'? is provided for each series of openings 16. The guard members 17 are angularin cross section and are secured-to the inner-walls of the cylinder in position to prevent the articles to be washed from partially or entirely passing through the openings 16 while permitting the cleaning fluid employed topass freely between thecylinder and the outer casing. Moreover, the guard members '17 tend to defieet'the cleaning fluid'withinthe cylinder toward the center thereof and thus aid in occasioning a thorough'dittusion of the cleaning fluid through the articles to be washed.

it is desirable that-the means for transmitting a driving force to the cyl'ir. ier should be capableofdisconnection from he latterconveniently and'quiclrly and without the use of any tools. To this end the cover 2 is cut a-wayat '18 at one end thereof, to permit of a drive pinion 19 mounted upon a anovably supported drive shaft 20 being partially disposed interiorly of the casing 1 in meshwith a large driven gear 21 which is carried at the end of the cylinder 11 in axial alinement with the latter. The drive shaft 20 is journalledin a sleevebearing 22 adapted to rest uponthezbead 4 at-the upper edge of the :end of the casiir normally held against vertical movement relative to the casing by the engagement of a depending integral arm 23 thereof" with theweb portions of a U-shaped guide which is formed integrally with and extends laterally of the face of a plate 25 secured to the end of the casing along the upper edge thereof, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The arm 23 has a lateral lug or enlargement 26 underlyingthe lower edge of the guide bar 24 when the arm is in the position in which illustrated in Fig. 2. The guide :bar portion 24; is otlsct laterally at 27 adjacent to one end thereo't' to permit of the depending arm 23 being moved vertically and out of engageinem;

g and being with the guide bar 24 when the bearing 22 has been slidably moved along the edge of he casing until the arm 23 is disposed between the ofl'set end portionof theguide bar and the plate 25. A pivoted hook or catch 28 is adapted to engage with a projection 29 formed on the depending arm to extend laterally thereof and to thus prevent the bearin 22 from bein moved from the r position in which illustrated in Fig. 2 toward the enlarged or otl'set portion of the guide 24.

A crank 30 is attachedto the drive shaft 20 and may be conveniently grasped and operatedto occasion a rotation of the cylinder 11.

From the foregoing description of "the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. .As

stated, the casing 1 is madeof sheet metal:

83 carried'by the cover section 13 is adapted to engage with a stud 3% carried by the body portion 12 of the cylinder to releasably maintain the cover section in closed position. The cylinder may be conveniently grasped by means of the r1b'32and the gear. 2i and deposited within the casing 1 with the trunnions 1010'disposed within the I slots or socket-sot the bearings 99 and the cover section or the cylinder 13 uppermost. The cover section 13 may'thenbe swung into open position, as illustrated by the dotted lines in Fig. 4, and engage with the side of the casing 1, which in the arrangement de scribed and illustrated is the back side of the casing. therebymaintainingthe cylinder in the position in which illustrated in Fig. l whilethe articles to bewashed are placed therewithin. The casing 1 may now be; or may have been. previously partially filled with a liquid, such as water, to which soap or the like may be added. The bearing 22 is placed upon the end of the'casing with the arm pending :between the enlarged or otfset :portion of the guide 2 1i and'the face of the plate and is then moved slidably along the bead at the upper edge of the end of the casing until thegear OI':Cl1lVG pinion 19 is in mesh withthe-ge'ar 21. The'latch or hook 28 is then vplacedfln engagement w1th the projection 29 and the gear 19 will beheld in mesh'with the gear 21. It will be understood o't course :that "the handle 30. is attached to the shaft 20 earriedbvthe bearing. and is nroved bodily with the latter. The cover section 13:1nay now'be disengaged from the" casing- 1 and fastened in closed position. The cover or lid 2 will now be placed upon 'thecasingandthe crankis operated after tlie'contents of the casingv 1 has been heated to a desired degree, whereby the cylinder 11 will be rotated and the contents thereof cleaned. It will be understood that steam will form within the interior of the casing 1 during the operation of. the device. When the cleaning operation 'has been completed, the handle 5 is grasped and the downwardly and forwardly directed force or pressure is applied thereto, thereby tilting the cover 2 at the back edge thereof to permit of the escape'of steam from the interior of-the casing before the cover 2 has been fully raised and without the hands or person of the operator being exposed to the action of the heated steam. When the cover 2 has been removed, the cover section 13 of the cylinder may be swung into open position and engage with the casing 1 in the manner described. The articles within, the

danger of injury, as by scalding, to the hands or person of the operator. When it is desired to remove the cylinder from the casing 1, the latch or hook 28 1s disengaged from the projection 29, the bearing 22 is slidably moved along the bead 4 until the arm 23 may be moved vertically through the relatively wide or otl'set portion of the guide 24 and the crank 30, the bearing 22, shaft 20, and the gear 19 are moved as a unit. The cylinder 11 may then be lifted from the easing 1. It will be observed that the removal of the cylinder from the casing or the dis engaging of the driving mechanism from the cylinder requires the use of no tool and may be conveniently and quickly accomplished.

Referring now to Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive,

I show anotherv embodiment of the same in-- from analogous parts of the first form of,

the device.

One of the bracket bearings 8+8 is pro vided with upstanding extensions 35 supporting a horizontal plate 36 which is superimposed upon the bead 4 at the end of the casing and which may be formed integrally with the extension 35. The plate 36 is provided at its outer edge with a pair of horizontally spaced lugs 3737 and a rod 38 is mounted at its ends in the lugs.

The sleeve bearing 22 in whiclrfthe drive shaft 20 is journalle l is provided with tangential-plate; porti'on 39 adapted to lie liatwise. upon the plate 36. Horizontally spaced depending lug extensions 4O:4Oare integral with the plate 39 at one edge of the plate 39 and are rotatably mounted upon the rod 38 whereby the plate 39 is swingingly supported upon the plate 36 and can be moved from a position in which disposed flat upon the latter, as illustrated in Figs.

5, 7 and 3, into outwardly swung positions,

as illustrated iii-Fig. 6. When the plate 39 is in the position in which illustrated in Figs. 5, 7 and 8, the drive pinion 19 which position to obstruct the cylinder when it a 9O is desired .to remove the latter from the casing.

A friction catch or latch 41 is pivoted interi'nediately at 42 upon the plate 36 and comprises an end portion 43 and a handle portion 44. The handle portion 44 is adapted to be grasped and manipulated to conveniently swing the end portion 43 into and out of position to clampingly hold the plate 1 39 in superimposed relation to the plate 36. When the end portion 43 is in operative engagement with the plate 39, the latter will be securely held against the plate 36. An upstanding lug 45 may be provided upon the end portion 43 to receive a pressure tending to facilitate the manipulation of the latch to move the end portion 43 there of into and out of latching position.

It will be understood that the casing or container 1 maybe suitably reenforced or stiffened in any suitable known manner to preclude the possibility of the spreadingof the opposite sides or. ends thereof'or the distortion of the walls thereof in service or while being transported from place to place, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Obviously, my invention is susceptible of J embodiment in forms other than that illustrated in the accompanylng drawin s, and I therefore 'CO11S1Cl61 as my own, all modificat onsand adaptations of the form of the device disclosed herein which fairly fall within the scope of the appended'claim.

I claim: In a washing machine, a casing adapted toreceive a cleaning fluid, a cylinder rotatably and ren'lova'bly supported within the casing, a driven gear carried by said cylinder at one end thereof in concentric relaend of the casing proximate to the driven gear, a bearing having a portion adapted to rest upon the plate, a drive shaft journallecl in saidbearing, a drive gear carried by said drive shaft in position to mesh with said driven gear When the said portion of the bearing is resting upon said plate and'to be disengaged therefrom When the inner end of the bearing is swung upwardly and outwardly in respect to said plate,

pivoted latch for releasably holding thev bearing superimposed upon the plate.

GEORGE LESLIE FERRIS. 

